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Automation Will Make Us Rethink What a “Job” Really Is

Harvard Business Review

Pilots are a critical pool of talent for an airline; there must be a sufficient supply with appropriate skills to operate the airline. To answer these questions, we need to begin disaggregating work and understanding how automation and AI can differentially handle various aspects of work.

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A Brief History of Blockchain

Harvard Business Review

The second innovation was called blockchain, which was essentially the realization that the underlying technology that operated bitcoin could be separated from the currency and used for all kinds of other interorganizational cooperation. These changes, and others, represent a pervasive lowering of transaction costs.

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The 3 Ways Work Can Be Automated

Harvard Business Review

Creating a virtual workforce of software robots can help companies streamline operational processes as well as increase the quality and cost-effectiveness of shared services. Insight Center. The Automation Age. Sponsored by KPMG. How robotics and machine learning are changing business.

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Why AOL Should Double Down on Patch

Harvard Business Review

The startup is trying to build a platform that could replace a disaggregated network of local news sources. Almost all of these disruptive businesses are ridiculed or ignored in their initial years of operations by existing players. Patch has the potential to be a truly disruptive business. Consider the market.

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5 Questions That Will Help You Stay Ahead of Your Disruptors

Harvard Business Review

Unsurprisingly, the group’s targeted segmentation and disaggregation efforts ended up dramatically improving response and resolution times for typical customers. That process was quickly fixed — and illuminated the pathology of valuing productivity metrics divorced from UX.

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Design Your Own Profession

Harvard Business Review

A disaggregated laptop that is lighter and more versatile, since I can use the screen by itself as an e-reader and the keyboard with other devices. And as many companies begin outsourcing at least parts of their R&D, they are creating space for professional "inventers" operating through websites like Innocentive.

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The Truth About How Uber’s App Manages Drivers

Harvard Business Review

The company manages a large, disaggregated workforce of “driver-partners” that deliver a relatively standardized experience to passengers, while simultaneously promoting drivers as independent entrepreneurs whose work is characterized by freedom, flexibility, and independence. million drivers are active on the platform globally.